Records show Devon Energy is among those energy companies feeling good enough about the economy to do some exploration in Oklahoma’s STACK play. The company received four permits to drill this week reflecting plans for a four-well single-pad well to be drilled in Blaine County. The DICKSON 21_16-15N-10W wells will be located at 21 15N 10W …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission had planned a shutdown of its website Tuesday night but ended up delaying the maintenance until the evening of Dec. 14. The agency’s Public Information Office stated that the rescheduled maintenance will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. CST on that evening. “The planned outage will allow the state …
Crude oil futures were mixed at the end of trading on Tuesday after word was announced of an increase in crude oil inventories across the U.S., even though the amount of oil stored at the Cushing pipeline crossroads fell 1.845 million barrels. Reaction was about as strong as the skinny man’s response in those …
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc., the California based jet-powered drone manufacturer has won a more than $37 million contract for its Oklahoma City manufacturing plant. The $37,771,577 award from the AFLCMC/WA Advanced Aircraft Program Executive Office is for the Skyborg Delivery to integrate, test and deliver the XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aircraft. The Air Force’s …
The Norman School Board voted this week to adopt a resolution putting the district on a path of becoming one of the country’s few carbon neutral school districts. All five board members supported the resolution prompting Sarah Chan, chairwoman of Solar Schools Norman to call it a “first step in the pursuit to offset …
As Oklahoma City’s Mammoth Energy Services fights to get paid nearly $300 million for its electrical power restoration efforts following the 2017 Hurricane Maria that devastated Puerto Rico, the company is using Freedom of Information Act material to prove it performed its work and should be paid. Mammoth announced Tuesday the release of more …
Leaders of the various energy-related committees in the Oklahoma State Senate were among those named this week by Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat. Sen. Mark Allen, R-Spiro was named chairman of the Senate Energy Committee. Seminole Republican Sen. Zack Taylor was appointed Vice Chair. Other committee members include: Senator Marty Quinn, R-Claremore Senator …
In Colorado, they’re proposing a Front Range rail passenger project that has a nearly $2 billion price tag with it. Stretching from Fort Collins in the north to Colorado Springs south of Denver, the service would use existing freight rail tracks. High speed? No. Average speed would be 45 miles an hour for the …
Highlighting the craziness of this COVID year is this week’s announcement by one Permian Basin driller that it was drilling its first horizontal well in 10 months. The news came from Ring Energy which said the Badger 709 B#6XH was spud early in the morning on Dec. 2 in the company’s Northwest Shelf leasehold …
The 430-mile gas pipeline built by Kinder Morgan to carry gas from the Permian Basin eastward to Houston is fully operational. The Permian Highway Pipeline stretches from Waha southwest of Midland to Katy, just outside of Houston. Natural Gas Intelligence reported this week the line was finished by the first of November and should …
